General Description
2-2 Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT
The Maxtor D540X-4K 20.4/40.0/60.0/80.0 GB AT hard disk drives include the
following key features:
General
• Formatted storage capacity of 20.4 GB (1 disk, 1 heads), 40.0 GB (1 disks,
2 heads), 60.0 (2 disks, 3 heads) and 80.0 (2 disks, 4 heads)
• Low profile, 1-inch height
• Industry standard 3 1/2-inch form factor
• Compliance with ANSI/NCITS interface standard for AT Attachment,
revision 6 (ATA/ATAPI-6).
• Windows NT and 9X Certification
Performance
• Average seek time of 12 ms
• Average rotational latency of 5.56 ms
• New Ultra ATA interface with Maxtor-patented UltraATA/100
protocol supporting burst data transfer rates of 100 MB/s.
• Extra quiet seek code available (Maxtor Quiet Drive Technology)
• 2 MB buffer
• Look-ahead DisCache feature with continuous prefetch and
WriteCache write-buffering capabilities
• Read promotion and Write Reordering features
• AutoTask Register update, Multi-block AutoRead, and Multi-block
AutoWrite features in a custom ASIC
• Support of all standard ATA data transfer modes with PIO mode 4 and
multiword DMA mode 2, and Ultra DMA modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Reliability
• 800,000 hours mean time between failure (MTBF) in the field
• Automatic retry on read errors
• Error Correcting Code (ECC) with 15 symbols cross checking
correction up to 142 bits in length
• S.M.A.R.T. 4 (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology)
• Patented Airlock
®
automatic shipping lock, magnetic actuator retract,
and dedicated landing zone
• Transparent media defect mapping
